This is a comprehensive list of Iraqi security forces members killed in the Iraq War . There are also totals here for each year.
The "Iraq Index" of the Brookings Institution also keeps a running total of Iraqi security force casualties. [1]
The highest reported number of policemen and soldiers killed in the war has been 15,196 for the period between January 2004 and December 2009 (with the exceptions of April 2004 and March 2009). [2] With the previously reported 260 policemen [3] and 23 Kurdish peshmerga fighters killed in 2003, [4] and 67 dead in March 2009, [5] and a further 1,100 deaths in 2010, [6] and 897 deaths in 2011, the total number of security forces members killed can be estimated to be at least 17,543.
Update needed. Transcript of brett mcgurk presser suggests 2,000 Peshmerga killed and 10,000 Iraqi forces in fight against ISIS. https://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2017/15-september-transcript-of-brett-mcgurk-presser-suggests
Period | Police | Military | Total per period |
---|---|---|---|
October | 55 | 42 | 97 [7] |
September | 42 | 33 | 75 [8] |
August | 45 | 39 | 84 [9] |
July | 56 | 44 | 100 [10] |
June | 77 | 39 | 116 [11] |
May | 45 | 30 | 75 [12] |
April | 56 | 35 | 91 [13] |
March | 55 | 56 | 111 [14] |
February | 15 | 33 | 48 [15] |
January | 55 | 45 | 100 [16] |
TOTAL | 501 | 396 | 897 |
Period | Police | Military | Total per period |
---|---|---|---|
December | 41 | 21 | 62 [17] |
November | 43 | 23 | 66 [18] |
October | 45 | 20 | 65 [19] |
September | 55 | 33 | 88 [20] |
August | 77 | 54 | 131 [21] |
July | 89 | 50 | 139 [22] |
June | 50 | 30 | 80 [23] |
May | 45 | 17 | 62 [24] |
April | 39 | 15 | 54 [25] |
March | 101 | 50 | 151 [26] |
February | 96 | 45 | 141 [27] |
January | 41 | 20 | 61 [28] |
TOTAL | 723 | 378 | 1,100 |
Period | Police | Military | Total per period |
---|---|---|---|
December | 48 | 13 | 61 [29] |
November | 22 | 12 | 34 [30] |
October | 42 | 25 | 67 [31] |
September | 38 | 40 | 78 [32] |
August | 48 | 15 | 63 [33] |
July | 40 | 12 | 52 [34] |
June | 57 | 11 | 68 [35] |
May | 25 | 6 | 31 [36] |
April | 41 | 24 | 65 [37] |
March | 53 | 14 | 67 [5] |
February | 30 | 17 | 47 [38] |
January | 24 | 27 | 51 [39] |
TOTAL | 468 | 216 | 684 |
Note: One report stated that 242 soldiers were killed in 2009, a higher number than the one given in the month by month breakdown. [40] Also, a second report put the overall number of security forces killed in 2009, at 1,193. Almost double the toll claimed by the Iraqi government. [41]
More than 330 Iraqi policemen and soldiers were confirmed to have been killed during the month of March, the list below includes 218 policemen and 78 soldiers. [392]
Over 300 Iraqi policemen and soldiers were confirmed to have been killed during the month of April, the list below includes 152 policemen and 112 soldiers. [392]
led four policemen. [660]
1,348-1,891 policemen and 627 soldiers were killed during 2006. [690]
1,497 policemen and an estimated 1,096 soldiers were killed during 2005. [691] [692]
The list for 2004, only includes incidents of deaths of soldiers because it was estimated that 1,040 policemen were killed during 2004. [693]
260 policemen were killed between May 1, 2003, and the end of the year. 23 Kurdish militiamen were killed during the initial invasion of Iraq. [737] [738] [739]
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